Perfume-vending machine.



l. F. VCNEH..

PERFUME VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. I. IsIe.

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PERFUME VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. l. 1916.

Lg' Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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ATTORNEY STATFE JOHN F. MCNEIL, 0F PHOENX, ARIZONA.

PERFUME-"if ENDING MACHNE.

Specification of Letters 1iatent.

patented Apr.. to, 191."i

Application led February 1, 1916. Serial No. 75,584.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Jenn F. MCNEH., a citizen of the United States,residing at Phoenix, in the county of Maricopa and State of Arizona,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perfume-VendingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inperfume vending apparatus and as its general object, it contemplates theprovision of a novel device of this nature that may be constructed so asto be coin controlled and which may be easily and quickly operated so asto spray the perfume onto the handkerchief or the lapel of the coat ofthe wearer. i

A further obj ect of my invention is to provide a device of the type inquestion that is extremely simple in construction, strong and durable,and highly practical from both the standpoint of the manufacturer andthe standpoint of the user; and which, it is believed, may bemanufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Various other objects and advantages will become apparent during thecontinuance of the following description.

These objects are accomplished by such means as are shown in theirpreferred form in the accompanyino` drawings, described in the followingspecifications and then more specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims.

ln the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate likeparts through-- out the several views Figure 1 is a view in frontelevation show* ing my invention as in its preferred embodiment;

Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section showing` the interior mechanismof the device in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a view in cross section;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4 4: of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of a novel form of container support.

ln reducing my invention to practice, l first provide a suitable base10, upon which. may be mounted a suitable housing or casing 11 of anydesired form. The housing 11 is in turn provided with a door portion 12,hinged as at 13, while the latter carries a transparent plate 14,through which the directions for operating the device may be viewed.lThe door portion 12 carries a suitable locking device `15, whose boltmember 16 may be received into a suitable aperture in one of the sidewalls of the housing, while any desired form of key or other operatingmember may be employed for the purpose of actuating the lock. l rlhehousing 11, as well as the door 12 thereof, may be formed of any desiredmaterial, however, it is pointed out that metal is preferable.

To the upper wall of the housing, l aflix a coin receiver 17 whichcommunicates with the interior of the same, while a track 18 may beaiiiXed to the rear wall of the housing, at an incline in proximity tothe receiver 17 to receive the coin upon its insertion into the housing.A guide plate 19 may also be arranged in conjunction with the track 18and secured as at 2O so as to provide for the proper guiding of the coinsuch as will subsequently appear.

ln order to accommodate the body of the perfume atomizer, l provide thehousing 11 with a suitable holder, as designated in its entirety by thenumeral 21 (see Fig. 2), the spout or disk portion 23 of the atomizerbeing positioned in a delivery spout or chute 24, that is associatedwith the door of the housing, as shown in Fig. 3. rlfhe air inlet tubeof the atomizer, which is designated by the numeral 25 is provided atVone end with an enlarged head 26as clearly shown in Fig. 2, while thehead portion movably accommodates the socket 27, of a flexible tube 28.Any desirable form of air bulb may be employed; however, in thedrawings, l have shown one of conventional form that con si'sts of aleather body 29, merging at one en d into an extension 30, whose reducedthreaded portion 31 may be received by the flexible tube 28, in themanner shown. Consequently, upon compression of the bulb 29, a portionof the contents of the atomizer will be ejected through the spout 23, asis obvious.

With a view of providing means for adequately supporting the bulb 29 ofthe atomizer and for the secure retainment of the same curing itscompression and expansion, l equip one of the side walls of the housingwith a carrying bracket 32, secured as at 38, the bracket in'turncarrying a concaved receiving platform 3% to receive the bulb in themanner shown. 'In order to further add to the rigidity of the platform34C, l may utilize a brace arm 35 whose upper end may be attached, tothe under face of the platform while its lower end may be connected withthe bracket 32, as shown.

l further provide an actuating lever 3G,

vone end thereof being pivotally connected Ylever 36 carries a hand grip40 whereby it may be conveniently operated while it is arcuately curvedas at 41 intermediate its ends and provided with an adjacent plate 42 toact on the bulb 29 of the atomizer, in the manner shown. Consequently,it will be seen that upon applying a downward pressure to the hand grip40 of the lever, the adjacent plate 42 will be made to bear on the bulb29, such as will cause the compression 'thereof and the consequentactuation of the atomizer in the usual manner. Upon releasement of thehand grip, the bulb will automatically expand to its initial position,thereby raising the lever 36 and the hand grip toA the position shown inFig. 3.

rlhe rear wall of the housing further car- `ies a coin actuated lever43., the supporting stud 44 thereof receiving the slotted portion 45 ofthe lever, as clearly shown in F iO. 2. Adjacent its upward end, thelever is provided with an abutment 46 that is designed to normally7 lieadjacent the lower end of the track 18 and the guide plate 19, whileadjacent its lower end, the lever carries a lateral guiding extension 47upon which 'the coin is received subsequent to its engagement with theabutment 4G. ln other words, when the coin is deposited upon the track18 by way of the reieiver 17, it will move by action oi'1 gravity intoengagement with the abutment 4G of lever 43, such as will cause thedropping of the lever into the position sho-wn in dotted lines in Fig.2. Upon the rocking` of the lever into this position, the coin will droppast the abutment 46 and thence be engaged with the eX- tension 47,wherefrom it will fall directly into the body oi. the housing.

l further provide one side wall of the housing 11 with a bar 43 securedas at 49, the same being provided with rack teeth 50 throughout aportion of its longitudinal extent and further provided with a guidingplate 51. The lever 36 is provided with a movable pawl 52 whose collarportion 53 is received thereon in the manner shown, while the collar inturn carries an oppositely projecting extension 54 to be engaged atcer-tain times with the upper end of the lever 43. As will be noted'uponreference to Fig. 4, the pawl 52 is arcuately curved so that uponmovement of the actuating lever into a position shown in Fig. 2, thepawl will be automatically shifted to assume the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 4. Then in the position shown in Fig. 4, the eXtension 54of the collar 53 will be out of vertishould the lever 43 be in theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 upon downward movement of thefree end of the actuating lever, the extension 54 will ride upon theupper end of the lever' 43 thereby shifting the pawl 52 so as to drawthe same out of an engaging position with the teeth 50 and as aconsequence permitting the free depression oi" the actuating lever andthe consequent actuation of 'the atomizer.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a novel form of holder 21 that is designed to beusedV for the purpose of accommodating the body 22 of the atomizer.,This holder consists preferably of a single strand of wire bent first atal point 55 to form parallel arms 56, the said arms being bent at theirlower ends to form angular gripping jaws 57. At their free ends, thejaws 57 are again bent to form depending portions 53, while the strandis further bent adjacent the depending portions 58 to form supportingarms 59, which I linally terminate in fingers 60, that are suitablysecured to the gripping jaws 57 adjacent their juncture with the arms56, in the manner shown. When in an opposite position, such as sho-wn inFig. 2, the engaging jaws 57 of the holder fit snugly about theintermediate portion of the body of the atomizer, while the supportingportions 59 extend therebeneath and securely retain the same againstdownward movement. By reason of the llexibility ofthe holder, the samemay be utilized to accommodate bodies of varying heights and diameters,whereby, it will be understood l am not restricted to any specific typeof atomizer to be used.

'lhe operation of my invention is substantially as follows Uponinsertion or'V a coin of predetermined denomination in the receiver 17,the same will drop onto the traclrway 13 and hence move, by action ofgravity, into engage` ment with the abutment 46 of thelever 43. Upon itsengagement with the abutment 46', the lever 43 will be shifted into theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby bringing its ripperend into alinement with the extension 54 of the collarA 53'in theinanner shown. Upon depression of the free end of the actuating lever,the free end of the extension 54 will ride upon the upper end of thelever 43 so as to shift the pawl 52 into the position Vshown in dottedlines in Fig. 4, whereby the same will be brought out of engagement orout of an engaging position with the teeth 50 ot' the bar 48.Consequently, it will be noted that the lever 36 may be depressed tothe'desired extent, such as will cause the compression of the bulb 29and the proper actuation of the atomizer. The coin which is initiallyengaged with the abutment 46 will fall onto the extension l? of thelever 43 and upon the shifting of the lever to its initial position willfall into the housing 11.

From the foregoing, it is believed that the advantages and novelfeatures of my invention will be readily understood and, therefore,further detail description is deemed unnecessary.

In reducing my invention to practice I find that the form referred toherein is the most practical and preferred embodiment and is the mosteflicient, but realizing that certain conditions will necessarily varyin concurrence with the adoption of my device, I desire to emphasize thefact that various minor changes in the details of construction and inthe proportion of parts may be resorted to when required withoutsacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as deiined in theappended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a vending machine of the characterdescribed, a housing, a holder arranged in said housing, a perfumeatomizer to be carried by said holder, the spout of said atomizercommunicating eXteriorly of said housing, a pneumatic bulb associatedwith said atomizer, means to support said bulb, an actuating leverpivoted at one lend in said housing, the free en d of said actuatinglever projecting eXteriorly of said housing, an engaging plate on saidactuating lever to bear against said bulb whereby the same may becompressed upon the depression of the free end of the actuating lever, arack bar liXed to said housing, means carried by said actuating lever tonormally engage with said rack bar to prevent actuation of said lever,and means to become operative upon the positioning of a coin in saidhousing to shift said last' mentioned means upon actuation of said leverwhereby the lever may be moved into a position to compress said bulb, asand for the purpose specified.

2. In a vending machine of the character described, a housing, a holderdetachably arranged in said housing, a perfume atomizer carried by saidholder, the spout of said atomizer communicating eXteriorly of saidhousing, a pneumatic bulb associated with said atomizer, means tosupport said bulb, an actuating lever pivoted at one end in saidhousing, the free end of said actuating lever projecting exteriorly ofsaid housing, an engaging plate on said actuating lever to normally bearagainst said bulb whereby the latter may be compress-ed upon thedepression of said actuating lever, a rack bar iiXed to said housing, acollar movably mounted on said actuating lever, a pawl projecting fromone side of said collar to normally engage with said raclr bar wherebymovement of said actuating lever will be prevented, the extension onsaid collar extending oppositely to said pawl, a leverl pivotallymounted in said housing, an abutment on said lever, a coin chuteassociated with said housg, said abutment normally lying at the end ofsaid coin chute, whereby upon the positioning of a coin in said chute,said abutment will be acted upon to shift said last mentioned lever intoa. position whereby said extension will ride upon the upper end of thesame during the depression of said actuating lever thereby drawing saidpawl out of engagement with the raclr teeth of said rack bar andpermitting said actuating lever to be moved into position to compresssaid bulb, as and for the purpose specified.

8. In a vendingl machine of the character described a housing, anatomizer formed in said housing and including a pneumatic bulb, anactuating lever pivoted at one end in said housing` and having its freeend' projecting exteriorly of said housing, said actuating lever bearingagainst said bulb to compress the bulb upon depression of the free endof the actuating lever, .a rack bar affixed to said housing, meanscarried by said actuating lever to normally engage said rack bar andprevent actuation of said le-` ver, and means to become operative uponthe positioning of a coin in said housing to 1re shift said lastmentioned means upon actuation of said lever whereby the lever may bemoved to a position to compress the bulb.

4. In a vending machine of the charac- 105 ter described a housing, abulb in said housing, an actuating lever pivoted at one end in saidhousing with its free end projecting exteriorly of the housing, thelever bearing against said bulb for compressing the bulb -110 upondepression of said actuating lever, a rack bar in said housing, a pawlmounted upon said actuating lever to normally engage the rack bar andprevent downward movement of the lever, said pawl being pro- 115 videdwith a handle extension, a coin chute associated with said housing, alever pivotally mounted in said housing and having an abutment normallylying at the end of the coin chute whereby a coin passing 12o throughsaid chute will engage the abutment to shift the last mentioned leverinto position whereby the handleextension of the pawl will ride upon theupper end portion of the last mentioned lever during com- 125 pressionof the actuating lever and move the pawl out 0f engagement with therack.

5. In a vending machine a housing, a pneumatic bulb mounted in saidhousing, a rack bar in said housing, a stop lever mov- 130 ably mountedin the housing, an actuating element movably mounted in the housing forengagement with the bulb to compress the bulb upon movement of theactuat ing element in one direction, the stop lever normally extendingadjacent a coin chute for engagement by a coin to move the stop out ofits normal position, and a paWl movably connected With the actuatingelement to engage the rack and prevent movement of the lever to anoperative position with respect to the bulb, the stop lever when swungout of its normal position engaging the paivl to swing the same out ofengagement with the rack and permit the actuating element to be movedinto operative engagement with the bulb.

6. A coin controlled vending machine including a housing, an actuatinglever movably mounted in the housing and having its free end portionextending beyond the housing, a rack in the housing adjacent the lever,a paivl loosely mounted upon the lever and normally extending to engagethe rack bar and prevent movement of the lever to an operative position,a coin chute, and a cam element movably mounted in the housing inoperative relation to the coin chute and pawl and normally positionedout of position for engagement With the pawl and in position forengagement'by a coin passing through the coin chute, the cam elementwhen engaged by a coin moving into the path of movement of the pawl forengaging the paivl and swinging the Vpawl out of position for engagementWith the rack bar when the actuating lever is moved toward an operativeposition.

In testimony whereof I atliX my signature in presence of two AWitnesses.

JOHN F. MGNEL. lVitnesses:

H. W. FLIGKINGER, ROY S'rA'r'roN.

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